THE RED AND BLACK ARE BACK! SEE BACK PAGE JULY 16-22, 2008 ATLANTA’SATLANTA’S WEEKLY SPORTS SPORTS TALK TALK NEWSPAPER NEWSPAPER VOL 4 NO 29 02 I SCORE ATLANTA Get In The Game! WWW.SCOREATL.COM JULY 16-22, 2008 SCORE ATLANTA I 03 ™ STARTING LINEUP IN YOUR PUBLISHER/EDITOR I.J. Rosenberg FACE… MANAGING EDITOR Tad Arapoglou DIRECTOR OF SALES/MARKETING John Duke ART/CREATIVE DIRECTOR David Gaudio WEBMASTER Alex Ewalt VIDEO MANAGER Scott Janovitz WWW.SCOREATL.COM BUSINESS MANAGER Marvin Botnick SALES Pedro Alvarado, Zander Lentz, Brian Pruett 10 Josh Bagriansky reports on Eddie Martin’s departure from Norcross and SALES INTERN Arielle Burks new head coach Jesse McMillan’s attempt at continuing the dynasty. PHOTOGRAPHER Scott Cunningham _________________________________________________________________ OFFICE MANAGER Nakia Washington DESIGN INTERNS DJ Galbiati, Melissa Leonard What should the Green Bay Packers do about Brett Favre’s change BEAT WRITERS Josh Bagriansky (Dream), Stephen Black 16 (Silverbacks), Jason Boral (Thrashers), James Butler of heart? Kevin Dankosky says to welcome him back with open arms. (UGA), Dave Cohen (Georgia State), Johnny Crosskey _______________________________________________________________ (Tech), Alex Ewalt (Preps), Erik Horne (Falcons), Scott Janovitz (Hawks/Recruiting), Fletcher Proctor (Braves) 19 Recruiting expert Scott Janovitz broke down Georgia’s 2009 football STAFF WRITERS Stephen Black, Glynn McGehee, Jessica commits earlier this month. Now it’s time for Georgia Tech, and he’s Parker, Dave Paul, Leighton Savary, Keafer Triplett, Kellie Yood starting with the offense. CONTRIBUTORS Dean Zindler, Kevin Dankosky, Mitch Evans, _________________________________________________________________ Matt Judy, Tony Schiavone, Richard Diamond, Joe Haines, Brian Katrek, Chris Dimino, Mike Bell, Matt Stewart, Fred Kalil, Nick 22 With the “anniversary” of Michael Vick’s indictment this week, Alex Cellini, Phillip Leopold, Dave Marshall, Greg Smith, Steak Shapiro, Ewalt writes on Arthur Blank (pictured) and the Falcons’ past year. 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SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS Mitch Albom, Dave Kindred, Barry Bloom Rosenberg at 404-256-1572 or email [email protected]. ™ SCHOOL TEAM PAGES I COLUMNS LISTING TAKE A SEAT: A-Town Dancer Destin CHEROKEE: Cherokee, Creekview, Etowah, Sequoyah, Woodstock COVER DESIGN BY DAVID GAUDIO; COVER PHOTO COURTESY OF PAUL ABELL/ATLANTA BRAVES COBB: Harrison, Kell, Kennesaw Mountain, Lassiter, Marietta, is seen here sitting with a look of mystery in her McEachern, N. Cobb, Pope, S. Cobb, Sprayberry, Walton, Wheeler eyes. The A-Town Dancers are currently hosting DEKALB: Decatur, Dunwoody, Marist, Miller Grove, St. Pius X, Southwest DeKalb, Stephenson, Tucker Fabulous Finalist Week to decide which hopefuls 4 MEMORY LANE 5 CHEAP SEATS 6 DUE UP 7 SPIN-C.C. FULTON: Alpharetta, Blessed Trinity, Centennial, Chattahoochee, will be named to the squad for the 2008-09 sea- Grady, Lovett, Mays, Milton, North Springs, Northview, Riverwood, Roswell, Tri-Cities son. If you would like more information – and we 8 CAPPS 9 TRIDENT LACROSSE 11 DREAM 12 OLIVER GWINNETT: Berkmar, Brookwood, C. Gwinnett, Collins Hill, Grayson, Meadowcreek, Mill Creek, Norcross, North Gwinnett, know you would – then visit www.hawks.com. 15 BRAVES 16 FALCONS 17 HAWKS-THRASHERS-’BACKS Parkview, Peachtree Ridge, South Gwinnett, Wesleyan Photo courtesy of the Atlanta Hawks. 18 UGA-TECH-STATE 20-21 CALENDAR 22 AD INDEX WWW.SCOREATL.COM 04 I SCORE ATLANTA Get In The Game! The most popular athletes of ‘other sports’ ennis, NASCAR, soccer, boxing and golf Aug. 26 vs. Florida (Floppy Hat Giveaway); Tused to be nothing more than a summertime Aug. 27 vs. Florida (Tim Hudson Bobble Head sports junkie’s way to get in his weekend tele- Night); Sept. 9 vs. Colorado (Bobby Cox vision fix – but no more. They now grab the Bobble Head Night); Sept. 10 vs. Colorado attention of the passive sports fan, which has (John Smoltz T-Shirt Giveaway); Sept. 17 vs. translated into a sports memorabilia market that Philadelphia (Braves Winter Hat Giveaway) continues to flourish. Check out who collectors Sept. 19-21 (Fan Appreciation Weekend). are opening their wallets for in ‘the other sports’ in this week’s online auction report. FROM THE MAILBAG … • Roger Federer Autographed Tennis Dear Dean: I was wondering if you could Nike Shirt answer a question for me. I have a Chipper • Dale Earnhardt Jr. Autographed Jones Salvino that shows him in a white home NASCAR Model Car uniform. It says 1 of 2,500. Do you have any • Cristiano Ronaldo Autographed idea what it is worth? Thank you. Manchester United Soccer Jersey Dear Statue Man: The Salvino Company • Oscar De La Hoya Autographed is out of California and issued statues for Boxing Glove many baseball players as well as athletes in • Phil Mickelson Autographed PGA other sports. Chipper has several different statues that were issued by the company. One Golf Flag was a series of 10,000 in his gray uniform, Racing to the top spot this week was while the other one was a series of 2,500. NASCAR’s Dale Earnhardt Jr. who grabbed Both were issued in the 1990s. The gray stat- $360. In a battle for second, Ronaldo’s ue retails for $30 while yours would be $75. signed soccer jersey just edged out the Dear Dean: I am a University of Federer-signed shirt, $355 to $350. PGA Georgia football fan and attended the 1967 golfer Phil Mickelson’s signed flag snagged Liberty Bowl in Memphis. I still have the pro- $280. Rounding out this week’s top five gram and ticket from the game. Are was the Oscar De La Hoya signed boxing they worth anything? glove at $250. Dear Dawgs Fan: College Bowl pro- As the second half of the Braves season grams and tickets are very popular with col- gets underway, don’t forget to mark your cal- lectors. Your program, in excellent condition endars for these promotions and giveaways at would retail for $75 while the ticket would the ballpark: July 30 vs. St. Louis (1970s sell for $50. As a side note, Georgia lost the Braves Hat Giveaway); July 31 vs. St. Louis ’67 Liberty Bowl to NC State 14-7. (DHL Giveaway Night); Aug. 2 vs. Milwaukee Want to know what your item is worth or (Rally Flag Giveaway); Aug. 12 vs. Chicago have a question about a particular sports Cubs (Keychain Giveaway); Aug. 13 vs. item? E-mail me, Dean Zindler, at Chicago Cubs (Chipper Jones T-Shirt Night); [email protected]. REMEMBER WHEN… WINNER WINNER: Dave Winfield knew a thing or two about getting to the All-Star Game (he went to 12 of them in his career). As a member of the San Diego Padres, he played in four midsummer classics from 1977-80 and was on the winning side each time. We miss the days when the National League dominated the All-Star Game. Photo courtesy of Scott Cunningham. WWW.SCOREATL.COM JULY 16-22, 2008 SCORE ATLANTA I 05 Braves hoping for comeback in second half and Beauchamp melts down t’s the All-Star break, and I am not sure es in the independent American Association over at Career Sports & Entertainment, the Iwhat to think about the Atlanta Braves. and recently, according to the Associated company that Lonnie Cooper has built into a They sit six-and-a-half games out of Press, “took it a little too far, letting loose a sports marketing powerhouse. Lazarus will first place in the NL East, a division which spit-flying, shoe-slamming, armpit-showing certainly help the company when it comes to R the Mets may soon break wide open. tirade that left him standing on the field in his broadening their television production capa- The Braves remind me of doing a New red socks and earned him a four-game suspen- bilities. What did surprise me, however, was E York Times crossword puzzle, down to the sion.” Covering his father for many years with William Pate’s departure from the company. V last three or four questions and you just can’t the Braves, I never saw that kind of reaction Pate earned his spurs over at BellSouth as figure it out. Unfortunately, the team can’t from the elder Beauchamp, though his son their top marketer and is very well respected O Google the answer. had spent most of the night and morning in in the community. He was also very careful in C And I don’t know if there is one this season. the hospital with his 94-year-old grandmother what he told the Atlanta Business Chronicle Actually, with the way this lineup has E failed to hit and the fact that starters John Smoltz and Tom Glavine are out, it is surpris- H ing things aren’t much worse. T So there is reason for hope, as Tim Hudson, a young rotation, Chipper Jones N and Brian McCann have kept this team at least competitive. O Their chances of a comeback probably hinge more on the play of the Phillies and Mets than the actual Braves. Both of those Entering the All-Star break, the teams are better, though at times neither has Braves found themselves fourth in stepped up to take what I thought would be a the NL East with a record of 45-50, very tough division.